Hello everyone, I am going to be building my first ever custom PC soon and I wanted some advice. First off, I am building this computer for gaming and I want to keep it around 1000 dollars. I'll be playing games ranging from BF3 to LoL. So far here is the setup I have:
Graphics Card GeForce GTX 660 $250
CPU AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition Deneb 3.4GHz Socket AM3 125W Quad-Core Processor HDZ965FBGMBOXIntel Core i5-3350P Ivy Bridge 3.1GHz $100
Motherboard MSI FM2-A85XA-G65 FM2 AMD A85X (Hudson D4) HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard $105
Case Antec Three Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case $60
RAM G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9D-8GBRL $55
Keyboard RAZER BlackWidow Tournament Edition $80
Monitor Hanns-G HL229DPB Black 21.5" 5ms Widescreen LED Backlight LCD Monitor $100
Hard Drive Seagate Barracuda ST500DM002 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive $60
Optical Drive ASUS 24X DVD Burner $25
Power Supply CORSAIR TX Series CMPSU-750TX 750W ATX12V v2.3 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Active PFC Compatible with Core i7 Power Supply $100
Surge Protector BELKIN BE112230-08 8 Feet 12 Outlets 3780 $20
Windows 7 $100
Router Rosewill RNX-N180UBE Wireless Adapter $20
SSD ADATA Premier Pro SP900 ASP900S3-64GM-C 2.5" 64GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) $60
Total Cost: $1135
I wanted to know if anyone has any tips or advice on parts I should by instead, or anything. I am trying to cut price if possible, but I do not want to cut performance. Lastly, I am not sure if the mobo I have chosen supports the GPU. Please help anyway you can!
Graphics Card GeForce GTX 660 $250
CPU AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition Deneb 3.4GHz Socket AM3 125W Quad-Core Processor HDZ965FBGMBOXIntel Core i5-3350P Ivy Bridge 3.1GHz $100
Motherboard MSI FM2-A85XA-G65 FM2 AMD A85X (Hudson D4) HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard $105
Case Antec Three Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case $60
RAM G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9D-8GBRL $55
Keyboard RAZER BlackWidow Tournament Edition $80
Monitor Hanns-G HL229DPB Black 21.5" 5ms Widescreen LED Backlight LCD Monitor $100
Hard Drive Seagate Barracuda ST500DM002 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive $60
Optical Drive ASUS 24X DVD Burner $25
Power Supply CORSAIR TX Series CMPSU-750TX 750W ATX12V v2.3 SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Active PFC Compatible with Core i7 Power Supply $100
Surge Protector BELKIN BE112230-08 8 Feet 12 Outlets 3780 $20
Windows 7 $100
Router Rosewill RNX-N180UBE Wireless Adapter $20
SSD ADATA Premier Pro SP900 ASP900S3-64GM-C 2.5" 64GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) $60
Total Cost: $1135
I wanted to know if anyone has any tips or advice on parts I should by instead, or anything. I am trying to cut price if possible, but I do not want to cut performance. Lastly, I am not sure if the mobo I have chosen supports the GPU. Please help anyway you can!